How to Start a Two-Bit Operation: Small Business Tips

Posts from ‘February, 2006’

Becoming exMSFT

Like my partner, my first job out of college was with a large corporation. When I started job hunting I had absolutely no thoughts of leaving the Bay Area, where I had spent my entire life and built up a large group of wonderful friends. My tentative plans were to join a local [...]

SCORE one for the team

Yesterday, I attended a workshop called “Basics of Going into Business” at the SCORE-Chicago office (located in the Citicorp Center above the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago). If you aren’t already familiar with SCORE SCORE, then check out their website. SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) is a volunteer resource partner of [...]

Yet another sweet sign

I’m not sure if this pertains to our business venture, but I’m looking forward to it nonetheless!

- JC

A business plan – doing it for all the right reasons

There’s not a doubt in anyone’s mind that you need a sound business plan for a successful business. But, you shouldn’t go through the process of building and writing a business plan just because it’s another thing to check off the list. There are plenty (and I mean plenty!) of templates available on [...]

Graduation day – the start of a two-bit era

Well the big day has come and gone – I’ve graduated from HP and corporate America (for now) and the next journey begins. Of course, it doesn’t feel any different, and it probably won’t until Monday when I realize that I won’t have a job to go to. But, it’s just like any [...]